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the severe beating oo a man on christmas night in east baltimore... is now being innestigatee as a possible hate crime. crime.this is what enny haw looks ike.his faae badly beaten.shaw and his amily believe he was targeted 3& 13:10055 this was outragous what type of person would do this on christmas you know when people arr supposed to be celebrating people are out there committing crimes :09 :09 shaw says her son was walkinn homeefrom a corner store when a group of... 5 or 6 men... attacked him. so far... no arrests haveebeen made... but police say they do have several leads. a baltimore man is inddctee for the murder of his... one month old son.as fox 45 first repprted... had the state followed hrough in monitoring dionnware in 2011... he may not have beennon thh street...

an ovvrsight uncovered áonlyá after the murder of ware's son. probation in 2011 but nevvr - reported.his probation officer should haveerequested a warrant for ware's arrest buu that didn't happen until days afterrhis son was eaa. searching for a suspect... who reportedly pushed a man to his track..tis is the secood time this month... ommthing likee this has happeeed. haapened.take a look at the ssrveillance video of the &pwoman they bblieve is the pacing on the train platform in qqeens... taaking to seat. when the train was - pulling into theestttion... she allegedly got upp.. pussed the mmn onto tte trrcks... then ran away... eaving many "i have no woods for this. these ddys there are so mmny can't elieve these things

happen in this area." identifiee the victim. it's also unclearrii the two knew each other. 3&scientists are now lookinng intoothe d-n-a oo the man behind the sanny hook eleeentary school massacre... for cluus s to what made him . snap.in a first-of-its-kind study... geneticists are doing a complete analysis of adam lanza's d-n--.they are looking for mutations associated with pental illness... that could &plead to an increased risk for there's no proof that people pith those genes will copy lanza's behavior.lanza shot and kklled 27 people... including 20 chiidren... on same-sex marriage oes into affect on tuesday here in maryland... but some clerks in saint mary's county will not perform marriages.the clerks cite....reliiious beliefs.but because of that... the clerks will no onger be allowed to perform any marriages.52 percent offmaryland voters

approved... egalizing ay marriige. voters approved it... and now gamblers are doing it. casinos in maryland ccn stay open all night long. long. joel d. smith is live at "maryland live" now where the first overnight gambbing session is coming too an end. joel, how busy is it? 3 3

3 annunussal sight of generosity... at one canada buuiness.workers at this "tim hhrton's"... say it started with one cuutomer's act of geneeosity... "payinn it forwardd""hen... car by car... continued.each customer paying

it forward... and picking up the next car's bill. you would hear the shout from drive hru. my manager odd was in there. you'd hear him just scream out numbers 147 getting everyone realll pumped up and it just fillld the building with excitement. the kindness lasted for áá3 hours.ááa total of 228 cars went through thh drive thru... paying eacc ther's billl it's your turn o sound off on our facebook page about anyttiig you want. want.let us kkow what'' on could air in our "facebook se feedback" seggent. become a fan and join the to - coming up... one man's unique rewardd.. to the person who finds his lostt dog.here's a hint... ii has nothing to o with oney.what he's offering... that might have swarms of people out searching. and later... why áasparagusá

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new this morning... retired general norman shwaazkopf... who came toobe known as "sttrmin' orman"... has died. schwarzoof passed away in tampa last night.his sister says he died of omplications &pfrom pneumonia.. schwarzkf commanded u-s forces in the early 90's... llading the internationaa coalitioo that drove ssddaa hussein's forcee oot of kuwait in 1991. schwarzkopf was 78-yeaas-old. a spooesperron for hillary clinttn... says the secretary of state is heading back to work nnet week. clinton has been recovering from a concussion she suffered... after fainting while fighting a stomach virus. clintoo s expected to testify before congressional committees in the ccminggweeks... about attack in benghazi, libya. e - new research by the university of miami's school of medicine... finds fewwr pmericans are getting prevennative cancer screenings than they were 10 years ago. they disccvered that when it

comes to government recommendations... screenings aae down for all cancers, eexept colorectal. researchers attrrbute some offthe decliie &pto ongoing disagrrements over ssceennng guidelines... and drop in insurance rates. the author of popular books like "shutter island," "mystic river," and "gone baby gooe"... is making headlines this week... because of his lost dog.dennis lehane says he will naae a character in his next book... after the person who finds "tessa.""tessa"... a bllck and tan beagle... has been missinggsince christmas &ppve... when she jumped a fenc poming up.... it's nnt just contestants who get the boot... oo the hit show ""he x factor."what judge britney speers didn't do... that has simon cowell telling her good-bye. and later... why rocery stores might notice a spike... in the number of aaericans buying asppragus next week. and it has nothing to o witt a shortage.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morniig.

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a major striie at 15 major east coast ports.. including the poottoffbaltimore could would affect billions of dollars of cargo along the coast.the contract between he inteenational longshoremen association and the u-s maritime alliince... whichh and port operators... is et to expire one minute ast midnight ec 30th.tteeissuee? reduce "contaaner royalties." if a deal isn't reachee... a strike could stoo all container traffic aa the port. (7708) the port of baltimore is ne of maryland's largess

eceonice gernerators so any type of ork action hat may stoppage of work would have an effect.morr ttan 100 organizations have urged ppesident obama to order an 88 ddy cooling off period but right now there is no administration will move in thattdirection.losing the ports to a shutdown.. even ffr a few ays.. could cost the economy billions of dollars. 3 a high-stakes meeting will be held in washington today.... betweenn resident obama ad &ptop coonressional leaders. leaders.they've got just 4 days left to reach an aageement... before the u-s economy goes over the poocclled "fiscal cliff." that's when automatic taxx increases and spending cuts would take effect. democrats wann to extend the bush-era tax cuts to everyone except ttose americans making 250- thousand dollars or more a year. but many republicans remain gginst any tax

increases. if lawmakers don't peach a deal by january 1st... it could eventually lead to another recession. with all eyes on thh fiscal cliff... there's anothee deadline quickly approochinn that might have consumers concerned... the "milk cliff." it's part offa stalled farm bill... that includes nearlyy35-billioo- dollars in cuts. f the bill doesn't make it throuuh congress before the end of the year... the government will be forced tt buu vast quuntities of milk under a trummnnera law. that could send as 6 to 8 dollars ggllon... because the government would the wholeeale rate... under a pre-filed bill in the general assembly... is looking to make soft-shell crab... the official maryyand sannwicc.the senator richard colburn... an eastern shore republican.so dessert.in 2008... lawmakers

passed llgislatiin tt make smith islann cake... a &pmulti-layered cake... the throw awaa the locks.... now the doorr will remain open all the timm at maryland casinos. so how uch more money will it the state? ptate? oel d. smith is see what the casino is expecting. joel, how busy is it? 3 3

3 the new year's eve ball haa been installed at times square... and preparaaions aae uuderway foo the big night.the ball... which has 288 crystal

panels... will drop downna 141-foot-tall flaggole... to usser in the new year. the theme "let thhre be peace."" billion people across the world arr expected to watch britney pears issgetting the boot from the "x factor."an insider tells us magazine"... the ssnger didn't show enough &penergy....and wasn't wooth her 11-million-dollar contract. that same soorcc says that judge simon cowell felt he got waated the "craay" britney.no cooing up... asparagus... whh you ight still want to pick up a buunh number of americans... are expected to be eating it onn monday.

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detour... off tte runway and into the mud.it happened just seconds after pushing away from the gate.listen in to the humorous way the pilot tells the control tower... what just happened. we just ade your day very exciting..at least ours is going to be. we jjss taxied off the taxiway into the grass here. southwest airlines says no one &pwas hurt and the ppssengers were taken off he plane and boarded ontooanother jet.the f-a-a is now also looking into some new esearch out of soutt korea... finds áásparagusá can actually help with hangovvrs. they say asparagus extract has minerals anddaaino acids... phich could protect you rom that ost-party headache. eeperts in the u-s agree. technologists at the institute of food in illinois call asparagus an "herbal medicine"... which might help protect you from frm cancer

and other illnesses. many americans were thhilledd to receive the latest gadgets this holiday season. and many are ow asking... what do i do with my old one? sandra endo is live in washington his morning... with a few options. good morning, sandra. we sure love getting our hands on the latest pmartphones, tablets and computers. but with nee all the time, hat means you of gadgets taking uu closet e -3 space. here's what you can do with them. ---graphicc-- ssll them for cash. how much will depend n the device itself as &pwell as its condition. you have hoices -- you can sell ttemmdireetly on websites like craigslist or e-bayy or you can ssll them to companies that sell your devicee and nnxt worthhare a couple examples. ---graphic--- ou can trade them foo creedt. a number of retailers allowwyou to turn that old device intooa &pnew one. amazon, for instance will take bacc old kindlls to help you get he newwst one. videe games areealss popular trade-in items. ---grappic--- you can also recycle them. if your device is too old or if &pit's been damaged, you can

recycle it rather than simply 3s chemicals from filling up landfillss ---sandra on cam--- finally -- there's always the there that will take our old deeice and give it to someone who needs it. 1) sandrr, f you decide to go the route of donating, whatt are some of route of donating, decide tt go the 1) sandra, if you needs ii..to someoneewho device and give it to someone pho needs it.

1) sandra, ii you deccde to go areesome of the options out there? coming up in our hometown hotspot... who says new year's ve is pust for adults?the ánoon-ttmmá activittes being offered... juut for kids. (nats: "ggitzy's tearing up my pants,,mama.") and love her r hate her... the staa of "honey boo boo" tops a national list... of the top entertainment stories of 2012.we'll teel you which others made the list... next. you're watching fox 45 mornnig news...all locall. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane?

yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. catchy dance tunes, celebrity

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of a siiging icon....they are had people talking in the hat &pworld oo show business this yyer. here's a look at some of the toppentertainment stories from 2012. 33 (nats: "so call me mayye.") the song was almost jepsen's viral sensation "call me maybe." it earned the young singer two grammy nominations... and countless covers online -- ike thhs video posted by the u-s olympic swim team. (nats: "here's my number,,so call mm mmybe.") (nats) ii's thee superstar relationship that has holllwood asking "are they or arennt they?" chris brown, who beaa his then-giilfriend rihanna in 2000, said in october that he's rrnewed his friendship with the singgr. friends?" song collaboratioos and vague tweets from rihanna have suggested otherwise. guessing, aad they don't want with their relltionship to anyone in the world." "the jacksons, their family drama is turning into one ig

for the jjckson family lastt summer as michael jackson's teenage daughter, aris, katherine jackssn, was missing p- foocing a judge to suspend her guardianship of michael's three kiis. "katterine jackson, she's back home,,she saas she wasn'ttkidnapped.. michael's siblings dissuted the claims, saying their mother was resting in arizona under doctor's orders. a judge later ressored katherine aa permanent guardiannof miccael's childree. (nats: "glitzy's tearing up my paatt, mama.") whether it was a pleasure or a guilty pleasuree. audiinces couldn't turn away from t-l-c's hit reality show, "here comes honey boo boo," about a child beauty pageant contesttnt aad her family. (nats: "gangnamm ssyle!") rapper psy (sigh) wwnt from a elatively unknown pheeomennn after his, "gangnam style," hit the web. (nats) it's become the number one watched video on youtube, with more than 1 billion views "new sexual misconduct cases agaanst the voice of elmo...""

in one of the most surprising stories of the year, "elmo" forccddto resignnfrom sesame street... after being accused lawyer says the cases are without merit, but clash still &popttd to leave sesame street after 28 years. (nats: "i love you.") "the cellbrity split entertainment world." after he nearly six yeers of a marriage, katie holmes filed june-- blindsiding hollywood's &pbiggess movie star. "what was &pso incredible was how katie holmes sked for full custody pf their daughter suri, the amicably on the divorcee just two weeks later... ending one of the most high-profile celebrity marriagess "youure watching cnn, and the breaking news of whitney hhuston's deathh. it was a ttagic end to buttoften troubled career. ul whitney houston, who battled with drugs and alcohol for decades, died february 11th n a hotel bathtub at age 48...

thh night before the grammy awwrds. houston's death was an accidental drowning with the cocaine use as contributing d - factors. nats: nd i will always love you coming up in our 7 o'clock hour... o'clock hour... cooing up in our 7 ooclock hourr.. get your hands... on the ravens wildcaad playoff tickets.what imeethis go on sale.you''e watching fox 45 morning news.. all locaa.. all morning. ((break 8))

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3 city police say a woman whh called 911... montts ago... iss pctually the one whh killed her boyfrienn. boyfriend.on august 30th... 211 year-oldddontt harris was ffund inna norrhwest baltimore alley... shot n the head and the arm.according to court documents... ssanda cure... admitted that she and another man helped asia cutler... drag her bbyfriend's body to that

alley.wittesses say cutler first shot her boyfriend in aa bedroom. "i don't have mercy for these peoppe that take guns and kill people, cause they can move on thse babies, uueless crime, senseless crime" crime"cutler is charged with both first and second degree murder. &pa altimore mann s indicted for the murder of his... one month old son.as fox 45 firstt reported... had the state followed through n monitoring dion ware in 2011... hh mayy pot have been on the street... an oversight uncovered áonlyá after the murder of ware's son. he was placed on supervised probation n 2011 but never &preported.his robation office warrant for ware's arrest but that didn't happen until dayss after his son was dead. the state reportt its first death due to hypothermiaa

say that a man died in freddrick county... sometime between december 18th and the 24th.not much is known about least 65 years old.there were 15 hypothermia-related deaths &pconfirmed in maryland last winter. 3 &scieetists are now looking behind the sandyyhook elementary schhol massacre... snap.in a first-of-its-kind study... geneticists are doing a complete analysis of adam lanza's d-n--.they are looking por mutations associated with mental illness... that could &plead to an increased riss for violence.but experts say that lanza's behavior.lanza shot and killed 27 people... including 20 children... on december 11th. connecticut's pollce union is looking for funding tt make sure ttat first responders to the shooting can afford to

take time off work forr emotional issues.right now, newtown police officers get 10 paid sick days a ear. but the union argues that is not enough to copp with a tragedy of this magnitude.workman's compensation in connecticut currently provides very little ccverage when it comes to mental and emotional issues. the union has talked with connecttcut's governor and the u-s attorneyygeneral... and legislative changes could be in the works. same-sex marriage goes into &pmaryland... but some clerks i saiit mary'sscounty will not perform marriages.the clerks cite... religious beliefs.but bbcauue of that... the clerks will no longer beeallowed to perffrm any marriagge.52 apppoved... legalizing gay marriage. voters approved it... and noo gamblers are doing it. &p casinos in mmryland an stay open all night long. long. joel d. smith is liveeat "maryyand live" now gambling session is ommng to

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lot more expensive.next year.. will jump by 75 cents... to rat 6-50 an hour!last year chicago's paaking meters netted the ciiy more than 108 millionndollars.here in baltimore....most meeers will cost you just 2 dollaas an hour. race nats nats and they're off!the 16th annnal weinee dog races sawwa eight dachshunds competed for a thousand- ddllar prize but in the end in was oscar... from arrzona... who crossed the finish line first. coming up... you can buy ravens layoff ticketss.. and the one place you caa et your hands on them. them. you're watching fox 455morning news..

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sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. new this mornnng... today... police are searching for a woman... who reporteell puuhed a man to his death onna new york subway track.this is the second time this month... ssmeehiig like this has happened.witnesses say the train platform in qqeens... puuhing the maanonto thh tracks... and runniig awwy. police have not yet identified thh viitii. u-s house memberssreturn to worr sunday... just one day before the fiscal cliff &pdeadline.an aide to house pajority leader eric antor session through wednesday. the new 113th congress convenes at next thursday, january third.

if congrrss doess't reach a fiscaa deal before monday's deadline... automatic tax increases and steep spending rescue me nattct. nats the singer behind the hit "rescue me".. has died. &pfontella bass ied wednesday of a heart attack.bass was honored with a star on the wall f fame in her hometown of saint louis in 2000.she was 72 years old. britney pears is getting the poot from the "x faator."ann inssier tells "us magazine".... the singer didn't show enough energy... and wasn't wooth her 15-million- dollar contract.that same source says that judge simon cowell felt he got he "boring""britney... and wanted the "crazy""britney.no ord yet rom spears' people. stiil to come.. ravees playoff ickets go on

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been installed at times underway for the big night.the ball... which has 288 crystaa panels... will droo downna 141-foot-tall flagpole... to usher in the new year. the crystal panels have doves chiseled into them... for the theme "let there be peacee" pillion people across thee woold are expected to wattc the ball drop on t-v. &pyou don't have to gg to new t &pring in 2013.you can do it right at the inner harbor. baltimorees new year's eve spectacularrpreseeted by the baltimore orioles has been a tradition for more than 30 years now.this morniig... baltimore arts and promotions is ere to llt us know what we can eepect ttis year.--what''s happening?--do you need tickets? --parking?

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a major strike at 15 major east coast portt.. ncluding begin this weeeendd.. and would affect billions of easttcoast.cargo alonggthe - coast.the contracc bbtween the innernationaa longshoremen association and the u-s &pmaritime alliance is set to expire ssnnay.the key stiicing point is ooer large containers and the payments hht longshoremen get for them. shipping companies pay royalties to the longshoremmn for the containers... but they

want to freeze tte ayments for current longshoremen and eliiiiate them or future hhres. 3 &pthe poot offbaltimore is one of maryland's largest eceonice gernerattrr so any ttpe of worr action that may result in a susspesion or stoppage of work would have an aaverse effe. effect.the i-l-a represents nearly 15-thousand dockworkers ii baltimore.losing the ports - to a shutdown.. even for a few &pdays.. could cost the economy billions of dollars. 3 held in washington today.... between preeident obama and top congressional eaders. leaderr.they've got just 4 agreemenn... before the u-s economyygoes over the so-called "fiscal cliff." thht's when automatic tax increases and spending cuts wouud take effect. democrats want to exxend the bush--ra tax cuts to everyone except those americans making 250- thousand dollars or morr a

year. but many republicans remain against ann taa &piicreases. if lawmakers don't reach a deal by january 1st... mmny economists are concerned another recession. wwth all eees on the fiscal cllff... there's annthhr deadline quickly approaching that might have consumerr concerned... the "milkkcliff." it's part of a talled farm biil... that includes nearly 35-billion- dollars in cutt. iffthe congress befooe the end of the year... the governmeet will be of milk under a truuan-era law.- that could send consumer milk prices as high because the government would be obligated to pay átwiceáá the whhlesale rate... under the 1949 ruless throw way the locks.... noo the doors will maryland casinos. so - pow mucc more money will it mean for casinos ann then ... is at "maryland live" ow to

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the baltimore police department ii chhnging up some leedership command posts.ttis comes... as commissiooer anthony batts begins to implement changes.ssme off phose chaages incluue... thh addition of a community policing division and a neww enfoocemmnttgrouppfoccsing on gangs and guns.the department beginniig of many ccanges to ccme.

man becomes dog's best friend... aater a daring &pice.you can see an 11 year ol hound named bart.. stuck in the icy waters of lake erie inn michiggn.bart fell through the thanks to his owner.. he wasn't alone.the man ssayed waist- deep in the frrezing wwtee keeping the pooch waam "i was talking to him, i was tryinn to keep him warr. i was trying tt ub him and get trring to get some blood body..it took an hour and a "- half for help to arrive. luckilyybott bart and his owner are doing ok this mornnng. 3 ravens safety ed reed gets hitt with a big fine... after hit during ssnday's giants game. game.reed will have to pay 555thousand dollars... for this hii on giant's receiver

victor cruz.reed was flagged on the pay.... foo striking the ead ann neck area.reed had a one-game suspensson overturned in november... and hh's been vocal foo the ppst game is played.ing the way the - reed will ddal ith the finee this week...and another concern... next year.reed's contract ends after his season.after that he'll be a free agent.both sides maae efforts this past off seasonn fell through.the 99time pro 4 inteeceptions this yearr.. - ann hhlds the leagueerecord for interception return yardss 20-11 up in the ir.ture in - as the a-f-c north champiins.. least one playoff game this season.but not everyone is bandwagon just yet.shirtt

suppliers areeactuaaly holding off on printing ravens playoff shirts until the team can make a deep run into the laaofff. fred ffllaa, fans only: t18..1 "it seems like thhee weeks three team in football. i mean, what's up with that? / 18.37 but, you know teams gee hot." if you've still got faith in the ravens... you only have a few hours to wait to get your on sale at 10 this morning.the &pravens wwll play at m&t ank stadium on either january 5th or 66h.you can't buy tickets atttte stadium boo office.... ticketmaster. it's friddy and that means it's your turn to sound off n our facebook page bout what's on your mind-- anddyour response could air ii ouu ""acebook feedback" segment. segment..ust go to acebook

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east baltimore... is now bbing investggated as a possibl. crime.this is what kenny shaw looksslike.his face badly beaten..haw and his family

believe he was targeted because e's gay. 13:10:55 this was outragous what type of person wouud do chriitmas you know when people are supposed to be celebrating people are out ttere committing crimes :09 :09 shaw says her son was walking home from a cornee store when a grrup of... 5 or 6 men... attacked him. so far....no arrests have been have sseeral leads.say they do - first death due to hypothermia thii winter.health officials say that a manndiee in freddrick ccunty... sometime between december 18th and the 24th.not mucc is known about the victim... but e wws at least 65 years old.there wwre 15 hypotheemia-related deaths ponfirmeddin maryland last winter. samm-sex marriage goes into pffect on tuesday here in marylann... but some clerkssin saint mary's county will not perform marriaggs. marriages.the clerks cite... religgous beeiefs.but because of that... the clerks will no longer be allowed to pprform

any arriages.52 percent of maryllnd voterr approved... the first overniggt gambling session at "maryland live" &pmorninn.the casino is now . open... 24 hours a day... 7 days a week.previously... maryland casinosswere open 8 a-- o 2 a-m sunday through thursdaa... and 8 a-m to 4 a-m hours will help pave the way for tabll gamess.. which voters approved in november. 81553 everybody's pretty eexittd, oc: it's prettt customers 001602 gaming 081602 the casino eet on a hiring spree to staff the facility around the clock. their next majorrevent is a supreme ourt justice sonia sooomayor turns down a request... to block parttof phe "affordable healttcare act"... from going into effect next week. week..everal companies havee been fiiing lawsuits to blockk

a mandaae... which forces companies to cover contraceetives... includinn the "morning-after" pill. they argue it interferes with their religious belief against pre- marital sex ann abortion. potomayor says the ccmpanies failed to meet the standard for exemmtion.the law goes into effect january first. a recall today... involvvng a amazon-dot-com... buy buy baby... and toys r us are recalling 150-thousand "nap nanny recliners"... after reports of 5 deaths linked to the device.there have also been 92 reports of infants hanging or falling out of the nap nanny... even when the hhrness is used. customers are encouraged to contact the storee about a possible refund. new rrsearch by the uuiversity oo miami's school americans are getting s fewee preventative cancer screeeings than they were 10 yeaas ago. they discovereddthat when it comes tt gvernment recommendationn... screeningg except colorectal. researchers

to ongoinggdisagreementt over &pscreening guidelines... ann a panic arises foo a vvcationnng family... when a 17-foot python slithers into their it happened wednesday at everglades national park in plorida.park rangers say the arkansas and captured this snake on camera... before officials were forced to kill it.the florida fish and wildlife conservation commissiin is expected to host a "python hallenge" in january.15-hundred dollars will go to the person who kills the most pythonssand one- thousand will go to he person who kills the onggst pythonn they hope it will help contrrl the growing pppulation.

a great dane living in arizona is ooficially named the world's tallest female dog. records has given this dog... named bella... the title..he wwighs 170 pounds and eats 4- cupssof dog food evvryday. everyday.the owners used a special certified measuring stick to find out that bella stands just over 3 feet tall while on all ffurss "you meesure them frrm the froon legssfrom the ground up to the withers, the top of the shoulderr she has to be measuued 3 different distinct times in three different posstions and they have to be attleast three wwtnesses." bella's owners say they were inspired to put her in the running for his title after seeing giant george.... the

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city olice say a woman who called 911... months ago... is her boyfriend. boyfrienn.on aagust 30th... 21- year-old onte harris was pound in a northwest baltimore alley... shot in the head and the arm.according to courtt &pdocumentt... shanda cure... admitted that she and another man helped sia cutler... drag her boyfriend's body to that alley.witnesses say cutler firss shot her bbyfriind in a bedroom. "i don't have ercy ffr these people that take guns and kill thse babies, useless crime,,al -

senneless crime" murder.rrt and seeond degree - p baltimooe man is iidictee &pfor the murder of his... one month old son.as fox 45 first reported... had the state followeddthrough in monitooing dion ware in 2011... he may not have been on the street... after the murder of ware's son. he was placed on supervised probation in 2011 but never &preported.his probation officc shouud have requested a warrant for ware's arrest but thaa didd't happen unnil days 3 3a new york woman is accusee of trying to make monee off the deadly mass shooting in newtown. newtoon.nouel alba is accused 6-year-old victim noah pozner

on facebook.police sayyshe wwote quote "we've set up a funeral fund for my brother". alba is also accused of ssnding elabbrate texts to one pf theedonoos ho fell for the scamm "i look t y nieces and i -th theyyre survivors of this p-b-i agentssssy all of the money has been refunded to the scammed donors via pay-pal. alba claims someone hacked into her facebook page. she's federal agents and she faces up tt five years in jail if convicttd. instead oo a message in a bottle... an oregon woman finds a letter from china... in herrhalloween ecorations. decorations.julie keith says phe opened a package she bought t -mart... only to find what appears to be a describes horrible condittons at a labor camp in china.

unsigned-- but claims that peeple are being punishhd and portured ffr not workingghardd enough. t also claims they get paid less than two dollars a month... and begs the reader to et keith says: " thissis someone really put their life this."not knowing what to do with the letterr.. keith posttd it on facebook. her friends urged her to contact the u-s immigrations office.... but officials say thhy can't verify the authhnticity of the letter..-&k some backlash for going ppblii and possibly puttingglives at risk. baltimore could see he effectssof an expected longshoreman strike... as soon as this weekknd. weekend.the connract between association and the u-s maritime alliance is set to expiie sunday.the key sticking point is over large containers and the payments that shippinggcompanies pay em.

royalties to the longshoremen for the containers... bbt they want to freeze the pyments for current longshoremee and eliminate them for future hires. 3 the port of baltiiore ii one of maayland's largest eceonice ggrnerators so any type of p susppnsion or stoppageeof work would have an adverse effe. effect.the i-l-a represents nearly 15-thousand dockworkers along the east and gulf coasts... including 12-hundred in balttmmre. a texassman issfed up with thh fiscal cliff talk... o he's - doing omethiig about it. he's collecting cans. it won't problems, but s he tells a point. ... it's about maaing 3 (nats) in his unheattd garage, 85 year old ataaacio garcia is working toofix the fiical

cliffa ((ats) one can at a time. (rrporter: how much money havv you sent the government?) a little bit over 3300 dollarss three thousand, one hundred, ninety seven dollars and 88 cents, to be exact. allltraaked on a lass three years,,garcia has been paying thh government 50 dollars a month of is postal service peesion and moneyyfrom cans he colleets. ww're paying absolutely too much inteeest. too much interest. (reporter: bothers me because it makes no sense. sense issssmethiig garcia's wife of 59 years thinks er husband could use. prazy?) ... locoo uh huh call entire feddral office, the collects money from hundrees --3 parkkrsbbrg, west virginia was set up by president kennedy ss citizens could pay down the

national debtt this year alone, it's collectedd .7 million dolllrs inngifts, about 90 milllon since it was &pestablished. but 90 million isn't that much, especially pebt is 16 trillion and deraa - every ammrican would have tt pay 50-thousand dollars. but garcia says you gotta start somewhere, eepecially when bickering hassbothered him since 19922 that's when garcia fiist wrote hhsscongressmmn suggesting a formula to eliminate he debt. the depression era-kid and arry veteran says he's giving back to a country that's given him so much. a senne of dutt that's infectiousa& (nats) cans at wwrk. his grandson ting drives garcia to friends' cans. garcia knows that his monthly money orddrs won't avert thh fiscal cliff. but

message garcia's senninn to congress. in ooder tt really solve the 166trillion national debt, you have to sacrifice. politicians talk about kicking american as decided that road hassto end aad it might as well be here. kyung lah, cnn, &psan antonio, texas. theeplayoffs... foo the fifth - &pstraight year. year.sam andelman "i think thaa people are starting to get excited gain." again."the llcal business thaa's thankful the team broke a three-game looing stteak. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all llcal.. all morning. ((break 5)) [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios,

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the a-f-c north champion ravens are guaranteed at least one playoff game this season... but as paul gessler tells us... playoff pride issstuck in euttal for some. 33& &pit's been a slow christmas

bbeak at nightmare printing in cclumbia(game nats inn background: "flaccc: looking deep!" "got him!")but, then... the purple and black... got back on rack.(another game nat: "touchdoon ravens!")fred fillah, fans only: w16.12 "after we clinched up the nnrth, we had to set aside here to help us print shirts." the ravves snapped three game losing streak in grand style.sam andelman, nightmare graphics: 14.05 "but after sunday's resounding win, ...14.20 i ttink thattpeople pre starttng tooget excited aggin."and, tte printing machines started spitting out shirts.ffed fillah, ann only: number ttree team in football. i mean, what's up with that? // 8.37 but, yoo know teems get hot."paul gessler, &preporter: "one shirt supplier told us hey're actually holding off on printing ravens playoff shirts until tte team pan make a deep run into the playoffs--proof, not everyone is all-ii on this afc north 43.19. "what do i do? i un around..i eliver to all the ptores. i work witt all the screen printtrs in town. when they come out with something robert waxman: entering store 42.07 "the shirts arrehere."a special delivery...robert waxman: "got the playoff shirts..."from robert waxman... to baba booiee inn federal hill.confiience comes quick to robert.robert waxman: .opening door 42.50 "i uss the super bowl this year."to

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